SCIENCE: GENERAL ISSUES. Sleep has its own unexpected and rich story ranging across science, history, literature and philosophy. It's been a cultural battleground between those who see sleep as a gift from nature and those who have...
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Author:Coughlan, SeanSummary: - Author:Wilson, Edward O.Summary:
Wilson boldly addresses age-old questions (Where did we come from? What are we? Where are we going?) while delving into the biological sources of morality, religion, and the creative arts.
- Author:Hippel, William vonSummary:
Bill von Hippel traces human development through three critical evolutionary inflection points to explain how events in our distant past shape our lives today. From the mundane, such as why we exaggerate, to the surprising, such as why...
- Author:Davenport, ChristianSummary:
The historic quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontierThe Space Barons is the story of a group of...
- Author:Donald, AlisonSummary:
There is a competition to make the spacesuit for the first moon landing! Ellie, an ordinary woman, is asked to lead a team of talented seamstresses. No one believes they can win, but they are determined to try... This inspiring look at...
- Author:Jahren, HopeSummary:
"Hope Jahren is the voice that science has been waiting for." 'Nature "A superb account of the deadly struggle between humanity and what may prove the only life-bearing planet within ten light years, written in a...
- Author:Kuhn, Thomas S.Summary:
When it was first published in 1962, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was a landmark event in the history and philosophy of science. Fifty years later, it still has many lessons to teach. With The Structure of Scientific...
- Author:Nickel, SandraSummary:
Before Vera Rubin discovered most of the universe, she was a girl who loved the night sky. She watched the Big Dipper circle the North Star. And when her eyelids grew heavy, she dreamed not about what she had seen, but about what she...
- Author:Quammen, DavidSummary:
Nonpareil science writer David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology can change our understanding of evolution and life's history, with powerful implications for human health and even our own human nature. In...
- Author:Hewitt, BenSummary:
This is the captivating story of a small town coming back to life. Hardwick, Vermont, has jump-started its economy through a local, self-sustaining food system, surviving with its network of community support.
- Author:Lancaster, Roger N.Summary:
Roger N. Lancaster provides the definitive rebuttal of evolutionary just-so stories about men, women, and the nature of desire in this spirited exposé of the heterosexual fables that pervade popular culture, from prime-time sitcoms to...
- Author:Lewis, MichaelSummary:
Bestselling author Michael Lewis examines how a Nobel Prize-winning theory of the mind altered our perception of reality. Forty years ago, Israeli psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky wrote a series of breathtakingly original...
- Author:Horowitz, Seth S.Summary:
Every day, we are beset by millions of sounds-ambient ones like the rumble of the train and the hum of air conditioner, as well as more pronounced sounds, such as human speech, music, and sirens. But how do we process what we hear every...
- Author:Hawking, S. W.Summary:
Stephen Hawking brings us to the cutting edge of theoretical physics, where truth is often stranger than fiction, to explain in laymen's terms the principles that control our universe.
- Author:Goldberg, DaveSummary:
The "Ask a Physicist" columnist for io9.com explains how space, time, and everything in between are shaped by hidden symmetries that have driven recent discoveries about the universe.
- Author:Galfard, ChristopheSummary:
Using Christophe Galfard's considerable skills as a brilliant theoretical physicist and successful young adult author, this book employs the immediacy of simple, direct language to show us, not explain to us, the theories that underpin...
- Author:Turok, NeilSummary:
Winner of the Lane Anderson Award, longlisted for the Charles Taylor Prize, shortlisted for the Libris Award for Non-Fiction and selected as an Amazon.ca Best Book
"With [The Universe Within's] deeply thoughtful reflections on... - Author:Storr, WillSummary:
Interweaves personal memoir and investigative journalism with the latest neuroscience and experimental psychology research to reveal how the stories individuals tell themselves about the world shape their beliefs, leading to self-...
- Author:Reisman, JonathanSummary:
In this fascinating journey through the human body and across the globe, Dr. Reisman weaves together stories about our insides with a unique perspective on life, culture, and the natural world. Dr. Jonathan Reisman--a physician,...
- Author:Changizi, MarkSummary:
In The Vision Revolution, Mark Changizi, prominent neuroscientist and vision expert, addresses four areas of human vision and provides explanations for why we have those particular abilities, complete with a number of full-color...
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